# lop

> English word · Verb · IPA /lɒp/ · frequency rank #41,741

## Definitions
1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
2. To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
3. To allow to hang down.

## Etymology
From Middle English loppe (“bough”); the verb is a back-formation from the noun.

## Easily confused with
- **Lt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lt)
- **LP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lp)
- **Ls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-ls)
- **lu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lu)
- **LV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lv)
- **LR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lr)
- **lx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lx)
- **LZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lz)
- **lot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lot)
- **low** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-low)
- **los** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-los)
- **Lou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lou)
- **LSU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lsu)
- **lux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lux)
- **LSD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lsd)
- **lug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lug)
- **luv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-luv)
- **lyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lyn)
- **luz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-luz)
- **Lui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lop-vs-lui)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lop